The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

Laval and Military Intelligence, MALTA, August 23. Her 'IS fejt Isty's screw steam corvette Chanticleer left on the 16th for the Bay of Tunis. The Marlborough, screw steamship ot' the line, accompanied by the Meanee, steam liner, Resit ;tame and Royal Oak, screw steam ironclad fri gates, left an the morning of the 16th for a cruise in the Malta channel. The two last mentioned vessels returned to port on t he evening of the 22d, and on the following morning din 3 other two came in. Her Majesty's steam sur veying vests a Firefly left on the 18th to verify soundings in Smyth's chart between Malta and Marsala, Her Ma jesty's screw r steam storeship Supply arrived from Wool wich and Gi Itraltar on the 19th with stores. Her Majesty's steam frigat a Magicienne arrived on the 20th from Susa and Tunis, and her Majesty's steam sloop Ardent, from Sfax and ' rripoli, to-day. The French schooner yacht Erminia, b airing on board M. Chappon and family, arrived at Malta o n the 16th August, from Marseilles and Catania, and left on her return to Marseilles on the 19th. The Eng lish echo oner yacht Cecile, having on board the owner, the Marquis of Drogheda, and the schooner yacht Redgauntlet, having on board the owner, Mr J. N. Ferrell, left Malta on the I.lah August, both for Constantinople. The Impe rial O'stoman yacht Saidi Bahri, Captain D. R. Cominyn, arriviei from London on the 19th August, after a splendid run sif eight and a half days, including several hours' stay at Gibraltar to replenish fuel, and left for Constantinople on the 21st August. The Royal Sovereign, 5, turret ship, Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B„ sailed from Portsmouth for Portland roads at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The Aurora, screw frigate, Capt. Sir Leopold L. 141`Clin- Lock, which sailed from Spithead on Friday with the Chan nel fleet, was recalled from the Channel on Saturday by the Pigmy, paddle steam tender, Master Commander Vine. Yesterday morning she sailed aga in from Spithe a d, b ut t hi s time for the eastward, and will escort the Royal paddle yacht Osborne, with the Prince and Princess of Wales on board, to Copenhagen and the Baltic. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Osborne, 430 horse power, Staff-Commander George H. K. Bower, which is appointed to convey the Prince and Princess of Wales on their tour to Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, &c,, having been repaint e d and her defects have been made good, left Sheerness yes terday for Leith,whare their Royal Highnesses will embark and proceed direct to Denmark. The Medusa, paddlewheel vessel, 312 horse power. Mas ter-Commander John H. Allard, left Sheerness on Satur day for Leith, where she will j o i n th e R oya l yac h t O s b orne in conveying the Prince and Princess and suite on their northern tour. The Forte, 39, screw steam frigate, 2,364 tons, 400 horse power, Capt. A. Mellereh, bearing the flag of Rear-Admi ral R. L. Warren, late Commander-in-Chief on the south east coast of America, arrived at Sheerness on Saturday evening, to be paid out of commission. On anchoring at the Nore she exchanged salutes with the flagship of Vice- Admiral Sir C. Talbot, K.C.B. The Salamis, paddlewheel despatch vessel, 835 tons, 250 horse power, Commander F. G. Suttie, arrived at Sheer ness from the north on Saturday, to make good a fcw trifling defects. She will sail this evening or early to morrow, to join the vessels which are to be placed at the service of the Prince and Princess of Wales during their visit to Copenhagen. The dockyard and other naval establishments at Chatham swere closed at 11 a,m. on Saturday, and all business sus pended for the day, the whole of the workmen being grunted the customary holiday on the occasion of the visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to the port on their annual tour of inspection. The old appointment of timber tester at Chatham Dock yard, which has been held by succeeding officials for a very considerable number of years past, has just been abolished by order of the Admiralty, such an officer being no longer required, in consequence of the present exigencies of the service necessitating the construction of our future vessels of war of iron, the dockyard at Chatham having, at the same time, become the principal naval establishment for iron shipbnilding.SThe order from the Admiralty ablishing the office referred to at the same time directs the appoint ment of a new subordinate official, to be termed an " issuer of iron," in lieu of the timber tester, who has just retired on a superannuation allowance. In order to facilitate the unloading of the transports which are almost daily arriving at Chatham Dockyard with the Armour plates, angle, plate, and other iron for the ironcased L-igates Bellerophon and Lord Warden, under construction, as well as the large quantities of iron required for the gene ral service of the establishment, the Lords of the Admiralty, on the occasion of their official visit to the dockyard, directed a tramway to be laid down for a convenient distance along the Anchor wharf, at which most of the vessels discharge their cargoes, as well as along the Centre wharf, adjoining the dock inlwhich the Bellerophon is building. The rail way, which is intended to extend for some distance along both wharves, will be so constructed as to allow of the use of a sufficient number of portable steam cranes being employed in unloading the various vessels, thus releasing from that duty several hundred labourers hitherto engaged almost ex clusively at that laborious work, and allowing their energies to be turned to some more profitable employment in the dockyard. The steam cranes to be used are similar to those in use alongside No. 2 dock, where four of the portable steam lifts have been at wo:k far about three years past with the most satisfactory results, every portion of the iron used in the construction of the Achilles and the plating of the ironclad frigate Royal Oak having been raised and fixed by these means. The cranes are now being manufectured by Messrs. Taylor, at the Britannia Works, who also supplied those at present in use at Chatham Dockyard. The screw gun vessel Torch, 5, which has been in the shipwrights' hands at Chatham Dockyard for some months past, undergoing a most extensive repair, is ordered to be completed with all despatch, in consequence of the dock being required for one of the vessels attached to the Steam Reserve—report states the Ariadne, 26, 800 horse-power— which is ordered to be brought forward for commission. A general regimental Royal Artillery order has been pro mulgated at Chatham, in which it is announced, by order of the Duke of Cambridge, that in future several important alterations will be made in the supply of service ammuni tion to the various brigades and batteries of Royal Artillery. In future the common and diaphragm fuzes will be issued in cylinders of 50 each,and tubes, brass, friction, and primers in boxes of 100 each. All outstanding orders for the supply of calico bursters of Gill) for 10-inch common shells which were intended to replace others of 51b have been cancelled, the size of the two bags being the same. All that will be necessary, therefore, in rectifying the charges will be to add 11lb of powder to the bursters, and to alter the old mark to 61 in any convenient way. A brilliant field day, by the whole of the troops at Alder shot, was held on Wednesday, under command of Lieut,- Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, K.C.8., who has just returned from a tour of military inspection on the Continent. The division formed up on the common, near the Royal Pavi lion at 10 o'clock, in two lines, facing westward. the Royal Artillery and infantry in line of contiguous eolumns at quar ter distance, and the Royal Horse Artillery and cavalry in line of contiguous columns in close order. The troops having marched past, the Lieut.-Gen. formed his army in order of battle, with his right upon Eelmoor and his lett upon Burn's Plain. The three brigades of infantry advanced in parallel lines of regiments, at wheeling distance, one regiment, in skirmishing order, covering the front of each brigade. The Royal Artillery advanced in line in rear of the skirmishers ; the cavalry in line of regiments in rear of the right brigade, with the Royal Horse Artillery on their flanks. The enemy was supposed to occupy a strong position on the west of the Long Valley, his right resting upon Bickley Copse, his cen tre upon Long Hill and Cocked-hat Wood, and his left upon Pyestock. Between the oontending armies lay the Long Valley and the arid plain to the eastward. The battle was commenced a few minutes before 11 o'clock. The object of the attack appeared to be to turn the left flank of the enemy and drive him from the strong position he had taken up. With this view a simultaneous lire was opened by the whole line of skirmishers, and two batteries, posted on the right, kept up a sharp cannonade. On the recall of the skirmishers Colonel Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar and Major-Gen. Taylor each brought two regiments into action, while Bri gadier Budd steadily advanced on the left, still tinder cover of his skirmishers. The Royal Dragoons now dashed to the front of Gen. Taylor's brigade, and charged across the Long Valley by wings, retiring by troops from both flanks. Prince Edward and Gen. Taylor again advanced, and it was now apparent the Lieut. -Gen. was bringing the weight of his army to bear on the left and centre of the enemy's posi tion, Prince Edward's, Gen. Taylor's, and Col. Burr's bri gade, the whole of the artillery, and the fine brigade of (Ri valry under Gen. Hodge, made a combined attack upon these points, and gained possession of Long Hill, from which a dozen guns were quickly brought to bear. The left of the enemy having now given way several brilliant charges were executed by the Royal Dragoons, Greys, and 14th Hussars in succession, who dashed onward ever very difficult ground. clearing all before them. A few changes of position followed by whica the Lieut.-Gen. brought his army into the form of an obtuse angle, and thus advancing to the south-west, he drove the enemy in the direction of Crookham ; the artil lery, posted on every little eminence they could gain, cotn plated his discomfiture, and he fell back upon Beacon Hill, fairly beaten. " Cease firing" was then sounded, and the troops returned to quarters. Orders have been issued at Aldershot for the Major-Gen. comma nding the 3d brigade to hold the 3d battalion Grenadier Guards (Col. Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar) in readiness to march to - morrow (Tuesday), en route for Lon don, encamping at Bagshot Heath to-morrow night, at Hounslow-heath on Wednesday night, and marching into London on Thursday, The head-quarters of the A and B batteries of the 4th Brigade Royal Artillery are under orders to leave Alder oolwich, h alt i ng at Hounslow shot on Wednesday for Vi: for one night, an d proceeding to their destination on the following day. An amateur theatrical performance was given by the officers of the Staff College at San dhurst on F r id ay evening, before a se lect audience. The pieces represent ,d were "A Wonderful Woman" and " Medea Baries qww , In the former Maj or G oo d enou gh, R.A,, as th© Vi scount, and Capt. Brooke as the Marquis, particular ly distinguished themselves, an d were a bl y ass i s t e d by Dent. "You ng (R u ., dolph), Lieut. Fawcett (Crespin), Mr Howard and mi ss e . Tho burles que th a t f o ll owe d, in which the charm ters were sustained by Col. Clive (Grenadier Guards), Capt. Willis (33d Regiment), Lieut. Peyton (the Buffs), and others, made an excellent fiaish to the evening's entertain ment. An amateur orchestral band, led by Lieut. Palmer, of the 13th Light Infantry, was in attendance, and agreeably filled np the necessary intervals. Troops of the 16th Lancers have arrived at Colchester, Ipswich, and Norwich. The headquarters of the regiment will be Colchester. Col. the Hon. H. H. M. Percy, V.C., from half-pay, late Grenadier Guards, has assumed the command of the troops at Colchester in succession to Major-Gen. Guy, C. 8., appointed to command the troops in China. Major-Gen. Guy has issued a farewell address, in which he states that he "cannot relinquish the command which he has held for three years without offering to the officers, non-com missioned officers, and soldiers his cordial acknowledg ments for the correct and satisfactory manner in which their various duties have been performed." Major Vacher is about to relinquish the office of Brigade-Major at Colchester, on appointment to the Quartermaster-General's staff at head - quarters. Deputy - Inspector - General of Hospitals H. Dane, M.D., having been appointed to suc ceed Staff-Sorg. Mure, MD., as principal medical officer to the troops at Colchester, Staff-Sorg. Mure will proceed to Glasgow as medical officer to the recruiting district on the arrival of Dr. Dane. We have to announce the demise of Admiral Henry Litchfield, who died at his residence in London on Friday last, in his 78th year. The venerable Admiral entered the navy in May, 1800, and was midshipman of the Impetueux, and assisted at the blowing up of the Insolente in the Morihan River in 1800. He also assisted in cutting out the French corvette Guepe from Vigo in 1301, and afterwards, on board the Pique, he was present at the reduction of Aux Cayes and other ports of San Domingo in 1803. He served on shore at the attack on Curacoa in 1804; he was Acting- Master of the Renard at the capture of the French corvette Diligente, and the destruction of the French privateer General Emouf ; and afterwards Senior-Lieutenant of the Reindeer at Walcheren, He commanded the Mohawk in the operations on the coast of America, including the attack on Crany Island and Hampton, and served in her boat at the destruction of the United States' schooner Asp in 1813. The gallant officer held other active employments up to 1826. His commission as Lieut. bore date June 29, 1807; Commander, July 12, 1813 ; Capt., November 20, 1826 ; Rear-Admiral. July 13, 1854; Vice-Admiral, November 7, 1860 ; and Admiral a few weeks ago. The following appointments and promotions were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—George B. Moore, Burg., to the Brisk—John Cruickshank, assist-mug., to the Brisk-- Gordon Jackson, assist.- surg., to the Duke of Wellington— Robert W. Jones, engineer, to the Warrior—William Hair, in the Hawke, promoted to first-class assist.-engineer-- John B. Gibson, in the Indus, confirmed as first-class assist. engineer —and George Hostey, assist-engineer, to the Asia, for hospital treatment. The following appointments have been made in the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieutenants :—Thomas Row Harry and Ralph Renner. THE VOLUNTEERS. The following official circular respecting the supply of ammunition to the artillery force has just been issued from the War-office : The recent supply of field guns to a few artillery volun teer corps having rendered it necessary that some modifi cation should be made in the scale of gun practice ammuni tion, and that rules to govern the supply of blank gun am munition for reviews, field days, inspections, &c., should be fixed, lam directed by the Earl de Grey and Ripon to inform you that he has, with the concurrence of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, ap proved of the following regulations for corps supplied with field guns—viz, : I. Heavy gun drills and exercises are to be continued. 11. Where practicable, the regulated allowance of shot for practice is to be fired in equal proportions from heavy and field guns. 111. The allowance of blank ammunition for garrison guns is to cease, and such ammunition for field guns and for heavy guns on travelling carriages, when horsed for reviews, field days, inspections, &c., will be allowed accord ing to the following scale : (a) For each grand review or field day on a large scale, 50 rounds per gun. (6) For each county or district assembly, if exceeding 3,000 men, 30 rounds per gun; it not exceeding 3,000 men, 25 rounds per gun. (c) For less important assemblies and regimental exer cises, when the batteries are horsed, 10 rounds per gun. IV. At such places as the Government magazines do not afford accommodation for the storage of this blank gun ammunition, the corps will be required to provide magazines for its safe keeping. V. The supplies of the above - mentioned ammunition will be made on requisitions through the district commanding officers of Royal Artillery in the same manner as gun ammunition for practice; and officers commanding artillery volunteer corps, the head-quarters of which are distant from Government magazines, should, at the beginaing of the season for exercise, apply for the estimated number of rounds for use during the year, with the guns in possession, and thus, as far as circumstances will permit, avoid the necessity of making supplementary requisitions. An exceedingly attractive file in aid of the •‘122C15 DC tilt) 3d Middlesex Artillery Volunteers was held in the exten sive grounds at the rear of the head - quarters of the 7th Surrey, and was very numerously attended. The amuse ments consisted of an assault of arms, in which some clever swordsmanship was exhibited, athletic sports for volunteers only, for which prizes were offered, a concert, &o. The weather was favourable, and the fete could not have been otherwise than a success. The directors of the London and South-Western Railwap have given a prize of ii.ro to be shot for at the next meeting of the National Rifle Association at Wimbledon. The annual competition of the 12th Tower Hamlets (Stoke Newington) Rifle Volunteers took place at Tottenham on Friday, the 19th, and Friday, the 26th inst., when the fol lowing prizes were competed for—viz., two prizes presented by the commissioned officers, ranges 300, 500, and 600 yards, five shots at each range, Wimbledon targets and scoring. The first prize, value 8 guineas, was won by SergeantWort ley with a score of 38, second by Sergeant Rogers. Two prizes presented by the non-commissioned officers, ranges 150, 200, 250, 300, five shots at each range ; won by Private James Runtz, who scored 52, and Lieut John Runtz, who scored 46. A handsome challenge cup, value 25 guineas, to be held three successive years before becoming the property of the winner, ranges 200, 400, and 600 yards, five shots at each range, won by Private James Runtz with a score of 37, closely followed by Lieut John Runtz, who scored 36. The Ladies' Prize, value 5,3, and 2 guineas, ranges 200, 250, and 300 yards, five shots at each range, won by Lieut. John Runts with a score of 40, Sergeant Adams who scored 37, and Private Kelly with a score of 32. A Consolation Prize, range 200 yards, five shots, won by Sergeant Cus worth, who scored 17. A match between some volunteers in the employ of the Bank of England and of Messrs Coutts and Co., originating in a challenge by the former, has been held at the range of the 2d, or South Middlesex Rifles, at Caterham. The con ditions were five shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards, Hythe position and Wimbledon scoring. The prize was a cup, to be presented to the man making the highest score on the winning side; The result was in favour of the Volunteers in Messrs Coutts's bank, their score being 176 marks, against 170 of their opponents. The highest scores on the winning side were made by Private Clarke, 40 marks, and Private Smith, 36 marks. The ranges at Caterham were engaged on Friday afternoon in a match between the effec tive Volunteers in the Sun Fire-office and the same num ber from Messrs Coutts' bank. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards. A silver cup, the third presented this season by Captain Rogers to the second and third class shots of the members of the Ist company of the 20th (North-West) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers has been competed for at the rifle ranges of the regiment at Willesden, The conditions of the con petition were third class ranges, but targets on a novel ar rangement—viz., with the bull's eye and centre on the lower half of the target, The following were the highest score:— Lance-Corporal Harvey, 42 marks—Private Wilkins, 39 marks—Private J. D. Campbell, 37 marks—and Sergeant Smith, 30 marks—but Lance-Corporal Harvey and Private Wilkins having won the two silver cups presented by Capt. Rogers in the previous competitions, were not eligible to win in this, and the prize was therefore awarded to Pri vete Campbell. The drills of the Ist Middlesex Artillery Voltuiteers,who are now incorporated with the let Tewer Hamlets Artillery, as the Ist Middlesex Administrative Brigade, have been suspended till Saturday, Sept. 17, when round shot practice will take place at Plumstead ; but for the convenience of members, gun drill will be carried on at the headquarters of the corps in Leicester-square, under one of the instructors. The practice with round shot, temporarily brought to a close until the date above mentioned, has been attended with the most satisfactory results. The second annual prize meeting of the 4th battalion of Kent Rifle Volunteers took place on Wednesday and Thurs day, at the Murston Range, situate about two miles from Sittingbourne. The 4th battalion consists of the sth, 6th, 16th, 24th, 29th, and 36th companies, all of whom, with the exception of the 6th, were represented on this occasion. There were four competitions, the value of the prizes being about 178. At the close of the shooting Lieut.-Col. Dyke distributed the prizes to the successful competitors. He said ho had been informed that the shooting had been very good, and he urged the Volunteers to continuo to practise, with out which it was impossible to attain efficiency. At the same time he reminded them that shooting was not the only thing necessary to make Volunteers effi cleat, nor was it the first thing necessary to attain that object. Battalion drill was of far greater consequence than shooting, and he should be glad it some means could be devised to insure a more constant and regular attendance to that important duty. The annual inspection of the 26th Kent Administrative Battalion Rifle Volunteers, in command of Col. Thorold. was held on Saturday last in Charlton-park, near 'Woolwich, permission having been courteously granted by Col. Sir T. M. Wilson, for the purpose. In Essex a match has taken place at Brentwood between the sergeants and corporals of the 3d Essex Corps. Five shot on thc side of the sergeants, and four on that of the corporals, an average being taken to represent the score of the absentee. Tho shooting was at the ranges of 200, 500, and 600 yards, and the scores made were as follows : Sergeants, 114; corporals, 148. Private Chamberlain has been elected an ensign of the Colchester corps in the room of Ensign Green, who has been gazetted lieutenant, vice Mr J. S. Cooke, resigned. The annual prize shooting of the Colchester corps will take place this week. Among the prizes are two of £lO each, given by Mr I'. J. Miller, M. P., and Mr P. 0. Papillon, M.P., the representatives of the borough. In Suffolk, for the fourth time, Sir C. Rowley, of Ten dring Hall, has thrown open his grounds for a Volunteer fete. The Sudbury, Hadleigh, and Stour Valley companies assembled, numbering in all about 136. The three com panies formed a battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Anstruther, assisted by Captain and Adjutant Barnardiston. The Volunteers were entertained by Sir C. Rowley at thoclose of some creditably executed manseuvres. The annual prize shooting of the Ist Suffolk Batallion took place at Bury St, Edmunds on Friday. The following are the names of the winners of the various prizes : 300 yards, first, Corporal Harding, Sudbury ; second, Corporal Gill, Eye; third, Private R. Burrell, Bury St. Edmunds. 300 and 600 yards combined : First, Private Walton Burrell, Bury St. Edmunds ; seeond, Corporal Fisher, Eye ; third, Sergeant Norfolk, Bury St. Edmunds. The annual prize meeting of the Suffolk County Rifle Association will take place at Bury St. Edmunds, September 8 and 9. A very spirited competition took place last Wednesday at the range of the 2d Hants Rifles at Millbrook, near Southampton, for the possession for the ensuing year of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Challenge Vase, a hand some gold cup of 100 guineas value. Ranges 200 and 500 yards, five shots at each. There were in all 65 competitors from different parts of the district, and the winner was Lance-Corporal Page, of the 7th Isle of Wight (Cowes) corps, who scored 33 points. The rules require the vase to be won three ;successive years by any one corps to become its absolute property. It was first ahot for in 1862, in which year, and again in 1863, members of the 7th Hants (Fare ' ham) Corps were at the top of the score, and on this occa sion Sergeant Freemantle, of the same corps, made a score of 32, being only one point behind the winner. A match has taken plate at Ely between the Ely andWis beach corps. The shooting was at the ranges of 200, 400, and 500 yards, and the Ely side won, having made a score of 395 marks,while their Wisbeach opponents only obtained 337 marks. Eight officers and men shot en both sides. The annual meeting of the Somerset County Rifle Asa°. ciation took place on Wells Match Ground, on the 23d :and 24th inst. ;The prizes were competed for by about 150 Vo lunteers, some of whom exhibited excellent shooting. The Enfield rifle Was the only weapon used. During the whole of last week the rifle grounds at Over, near Gloucester, were the scene of some spirited competi tion among the Volunteers of Gloucestershire and the neigh bouring counties. This was the annual prize meeting of the Gloucester Rifle Association. About 20 different competi tions took place, but the chief interest of the meeting centred in the competition for the Lord-Lieutenant's Chal lenge Cup, the Countess of Ducie's prizes, and the county match. The shooting opened on the first day with artillery, engineers, militia, and yeomanry prizes. Seven prizes were awarded to artillery, four to engineers, five to militia, and four to yeomanry. For the county match on the second day there were 63 entries. The first prize (12) was won by Private Baker, of Bristol ; the second (X 8) by Sergeant Bing ham, of Bristol. The Countess of Ducie's prizes, ranges 400, 500, and 600 yards, limited to pairs of officers, Volunteers or militia. The first prize was won by Major Guise and Capt. Boutein, of the 2d Glocester, who scored 69 ; and the second prize to the highest score made by a single officer, was awarded to Lieut. Stock, of the Bristol Artillery, who scored 39. Four companies entered for the Lord Lieutenant's Chal lenge Cup, four men in each company, and the prize was won by the Glocester City Rifles, who made 193 points, For the Glocestershire Challenge Cup ten men from Gloceater shire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire companies en tered, and Herefordshire carried off the cup. The ladies' prizes were carried off by Sergeant Clutterbuck, 6th Stroud ; Lieut. Purchas, 14th Worcester; Capt, Boutein, 2d Gloces ter; and Private Adams, 18th Hereford. The annual shooting match of the let Wilts (Salisbury) Rifle Volunteers was held at the range at Laverstock, on Wednesday and Thursday last. The competition opened with the challenge cup presented to the corps by Sir Alex ander Malet, her Majesty's Enjoy at Frankfort-on-the Main, and won last year by Private William Young. To this was added a prize of 20 guineas, Private Watson made the highest score and took the challenge cup and 10 guineas, and Private Bridger, the second prize, £5. The Mayor of Salisbury's prize (Mr John Waters) was won by Sergeant Butler, Private Wells taking the second prize, £3. The next prize, which was given by Mr Giles Loder, was carried off by Private Perris, The officers' prize was won by Sergeant Kelsey. A consolation cup was given by Sir Alexander Malet for competition among the members of the let 'Wilts who had never won a prize. It was carried off by Private Simms. Captain Pinckney's prize was won by Private Cripps. In Dorsetelaire a friendly contest took place on Tuesday between ten members of the Sha , tesbury company and a like number of the Blandford corps. Tho ranges were 200, 400, 500, and 600 yards, five rounds at each. The contest was a close and exciting one, and resulted in a victory for the Blandford men by 16 points only. Their total score was 397, or an average of nearly 40 per man, The Shales- In Lincolnshire, the Boston battery has appointed a "re cruiting committee." The Government inspector has sur veyed the carbine range used by the corps, and has con demned it as dangerous, owing to the recent enclosure of the land, The inspeclor'suggests that the battery should make some arrangement with the local rifle corps for the joint use of their range, and he has ordered that the two 32-pounder guns at the Scalp battery, which have been in use during the past two years, should be prevented prior to being again used. A competition for prizes has taken place among members of the Spalding corps, In the first class, the shoot ing was at 400 and 600 yards, and the prizes went to Private J. Taylor, Private D. Cotton, Corporal S. Wallis, and Private W. Sleight—in the second class the shooting was at 200 and 400 yards, and the prize went to Private C. Handley, Private W. Silures, Private R. White, Private B, Lever, and Private R. Appleby; in the third class the shooting was at 200 yards and 300 yards, and the prizes went to Drum-Major Judd, Private J. E. Graves, Corporal Barrow, Private C. Reynolds, Private Watkin, &c. Up wards of 50 recruits belonging to the Ist Lincolnshire Corps, having completed their drill, have been posted to their re spective companies. On Saturday the recruits assembled on the south common, Lincoln, for the second period of clue firing. A. cup, gived by the mayor of Louth, has been shot for by the local corps. The shooting was at 100, 200, and 300 yards, seven shots each; and the cap was won by Lance-Corporal Brady with a score of 64 marks. An in teresting match has taken place between Lieut. Somerley and Private Macedon, on the one side, and Sergeant Mason and Lance-Corporal Waite on the other. These gentlemen aro reputed the four best shots in the Louth corps. The shooting was at 200, 300, 400, 500, and 630 yards, 5 shots each. Lieut. Somorley and Private Marsden made 112 marks, and Sergeant Mason and Lance-Corporal Waite 115 marks. The Barton corps has been entertained at Barrow hall, the residence of Mr G. C. Uppleby, the captain of the corps. On Saturday the Leeds Engineer Volunteers underwent their annual inspection by Lieut.-Col. Harman, and the number of rank and file assembled on the occasion was 750 —the largest muster of a single corps, as stated by the in specting officer, which had ever taken place in Yorkshire. Lieut.-Col. Child was the commanding officer, and was as sisted by Major Smith, a veteran who held rank in the old Volunteer force more than 50 years ago. In marching to the field where the inspection had to take place, the river Aire had to be crossed, and this was effected by means of a Pontoon bridge which had been constructed by a party of the Engineers. After the passage across, the bridge was expel tly destroyed, so as to cut off the pursuit of an ima ginary enemy. On the field the corps were put through an elaborate series of evolutions and exercises in the pre sence of at least 10,000 spectators, who frequently cheered the Volunteers most lustily, The inspecting officer said he should make a most satisfactory report to the Secretary for War. Three cheers were then given for Colonel Harman, after which the corps returned to headquarters, The Howdenshire Company met on Tuesday to compete for a handsome silver cup given by Captain Clarke, to be won twice to give actual possession. The shooting was at 150. 200, 400, and 600 yards, only hits to count, at each range five rounds. Private Hawke (although a high wind prevailed) scored 24, and was thereby the winner for this year, Private Carlton was second, with 18 hits. The 18th West York Volunteers held a fifth and final competition for the challenge cup, presented by Major Waterhouse, M.P., the cup to be won three times in five competitions, or to pass to the highest scorer. The shooting was at 550, 750, and 900 yards, and private Ruther was the winner for the day with 33. No member having won the cup more than twice, Dr Simpson having done that, the ownership reverted to the highest scorer during the five competitions, which proved to be Dr Simpson, who had in the aggregate scored 125, against the second best score of 110 from private Ruther. The cup therefore becomes Dr Simpson's property. The Hull Volunteer Artillery competed with a 32 pounder gun for the prize offered by Col. Inglefield, R.A. The range was about 1,700 yards, and the winners were Corporal Hall first, Sergt. Faija second, gunner Dewison third, and Major Sprat fourth. In another contest the target was smashed up by one of Sergeant Major Pixton's shots. The winner of the last contest also hit the target. The result was—Brigade Sergeant Major Pixton first, Corporal Hall second, Sergt.• Major Murray third. The firing was very satisfactory. The fourth annual competition for the prizes offered by and under the auspices of the Cumberland and Westmore land Rifle Association took place at the Cummersdale range Carlise, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The first contest on the programme was for the cup, value 50 guineas, given by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, to be shot for by Cumberland and Westmoreland volunteers,at 200 and 600 yards, five shots at each, hits and points counted. The cup becomes the property of the volunteer who wins it t two years, not necessarily in succession, anri each winner is entitled to have his named engraved upon it, and receives £lO. In 1862 it was won bye member of the Carlisle Artil lery Corps, in 1863 by one of the Carlisle rifle volunteers ; and this year it has been won by Sergeant Banks, 10th Cumberland (Egremont), who tied private Willman of the 4th Cumberland, at 30, and on shooting off became winner. ON, /VIOND4Y EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1864. The Cumberland Battalin Challenge Cup was won on Su tured by the five represeXatives of the Cockermouth Corps of Rifle Volunteers. Th(lst company of the Carlisle Corps, who won last year, and vnild have earned absolute posses sion of the trophy if the had repeated their victory this year, came second. SPIRIT OF TILT PUBLIC JOURNALS, THE " EXAMINER"ON "As TU VU LAMBERT ?" —The solution will lever be found at the Prefec ture of Police, nor anyvhere else. The origin of slang is inscrutable. The source of the Nile may be found, but the sours of the facetice of potboys can never be traced. Ike the wind, no one knows whence they carne e. o whither they list to go. They are here to-day and :one to-morrow. We believe they are like Topsey without parentage. Who ever laid claim to a slang ehrase ? Yet it is certain that there must have beer some first utterance, and more than that, some one 'o catch it up and pass it on to that wonderful eirclation and iteration which a slang phrase enjoys The reign of these phrases is as much a mystery a their origin. Five years seems to be about the average. For about that time, " There you go wit[ your eye out," or, " There he goes with his eye olt, ' as the case might be, was the jeering comment of all the ragamuffin tribes. Is it in the wit of man :o imagine who could first have put these words ttgether, putting out eyes at discretion. Was t first said by Ulysses when Polyphemus rushed raging from his cave with his eye out, Ind no spare eye left. Homer does not record an' such speech as delivered by °ism, or any of his bllowers. Some one made for Polyphemus the conplaint• Ycu eat my flatten and drink my wine, And then yu poke my eye out. A complaint of ill return for hospitality coming with a bad grace fron a host who had only fattened his guest for his tabs; but we cannot turn or twist that distich into theorigin of " There you go with your eye out." A shallow commentator might hazard the conjecttre that the phrase applied to persons who went about in a blundering way, as if they had not eyes h their heads. Bat the use of the singular numbarkeeps the slang carefully clear of the sense there could be in such a use of the words. You go wit' your eye out, not your eyes. You have your eye it your hand, or your pocket, or your watch fob. After a long course of popularity the eye went out altogether, and was succeeded by " How nicely he thirks he's doing it," which was applied by the potboys, ragamuffins, scamps, and raffs to all with ant air of pretension who came to grief through any awkwardness. There was a de gree of sensein this slang:which shortened its reign, besides it was toolong for a winged word. Before it could be shouted out the person to be insulted might be out of searing. It was not handy for the canaille. It war not like a dab taken out of the gutter for a fling. Moreover, it was traceable to a source which tie diviner things of slang never are —Grimaldi bed spoken it. It wanted the mens divinior of the unknown. The next reign, and a long reign it was, was the interrogation "Does your mother know you're out ?" As Lord Dundreary would ask, can any fellow conceive who asked those simple words for the first time with the in tention of impertinence ? And the genius who could make offence of them has never claimed the credit of an impertinence of such immense success and popularity. Have these things then an origin ? May they not be spontaneous like some combustions or the stones which fall no one knows whence ? Certainly it is easier to believe they have no authors than that they have authors who do not claim the honour of their productions. Good guesses, at least, have been made as to the author ship of Junius, but who can pretend even to a con jecture as to the origin of "There you go with your eye out," or " Does your mother know you're out ?" At last the mother was worn out, and in came" All Serene," applied to all possible circumstances. This piece of slang seems without any recommendation but its brevity. It wants objectiveness, and one does not see how it i nsu lt s , w hi c h should be an end of all slang phrases of thiecurrent atamp. We noted, indeed, that potboys uttered it more as for their own internal solace and satisfaction than for taking the shine out of any one. Aspd it is to the potboys we must look for the understanding of these things. Indeed, as Venus rose from the sea, so, we suspect, from the froth of pewter pets rose slang sayings? If this solution be doubted, what other oan be offered ? Here is a coinage, where is the mint. Can all the detective force of the country discover the source of any current piece of slang, past or present ? Will the French police find out Lambert? Will they square the circle ? will they invent per petual motion ? Your plain no meaning puzzles more than thought, and that is the puzzle of Lam bert. We had once our Lambert, and his name was Snooks. Snooks was an airy nothing, wanting a local habitation, but not a name. The French family of the Lamberts we take to be a collateral branch of the Snookses. Lambert is an imperso nation of Snooks. Still the main mystery remains unexplained and inexplicable. We can conceive What is meant by I,ltobort, ag to sonic extent we can conceive what was meant by going with your eye out, or the inquiry about your mother's acquaintance with your whereabouts, but the mystery of mysteries is the origin of the rnot, and who first. said Lambert abstractedly and facetiously, and stranger still, who ac cepted it as a joke, and get it passed on as a joke. These are the questions. Weil may the French Police be employed in hunting out the vast jocular conspiracy which on the Emperor's jour de fete made the name of Lambert eclipse his own. A thousand years hence it may be a historical pro blem, which was the substance which the shadow, Lambert or Louis Napoleon ? THE "SPECTATOR" ON PALMERSTON OUT OF PARLIAMENT.—[t was not without an intention that Lord Palmerston inserted into the Queen's Speech the unusual words which succeeded the accustomed formula of dismissal. Members are always told that they have "duties to perform in their counties" etiquette ignoring each low things as borough constituencies—but they are al ways instructed that theirespecial duty is to bind class and class together. Thoughtless people imagined that the Speech had caught the infection of the Premier's habit of chaff, and fancied the words commanded an unusual num ber of dinners, archery meetings, croquet parties, and the other reunions which make life endurable in the spots where they cultivate vegetables for London. The Premier, however, had another and a more serious ilea—he meant to sanction formally the fashion which he did not invent, but which he has so heartily adopted, the practice of speech making by members and ministers during the re cess. He never did a wiser thing for his own po pularity in his .ife. o , her members are rather bored by the necessity of making speeches which do not drive on the machine, of talking literature or the crops, science or the chances of reform, in an affable but not dangerously popular way for an hour at a time, are rather reluctant to meet constituents not perhaps quite contented with the way in which Mr Brand has steadily overlooked the claims of local merit. Other ministers may be a little annoyed at the alternatives of making about nothing a speech very worthy of its subject, or saying something sure in the detrth of topics to be examined under a microscope, criticised, and scanned, and perverted, and praised end abused, and everything except digested in contented peace. Lord Palmerston alone has no such disquietudes, no such qualms, no such apprehensions of ennui. He could deliver a speech a day, and not one throughout the six months would tell secret, or l eave on th e m i n d s o f hi s au di ence t h e anybody anything w hi c h he desired to keep impression of having wasted their time. Everybody would go away forgetful of most that had been said but charmed with the man who said it—the precise effect which the Premier intended to produce. If ho is too tired to manufacture anecdotes he pours ou: a flood of praise, talks to Bradford of the "mass of intellect " in the Exchange Hall, or to Tiverton of the astonishing comeliness of the younger generation ; if there is no incident ready, such as a little revolution, there is always the weather and the American struggle; if original ideas are wanting one can explain that "a man tied by the leg in London could not well be at Tiverton." What does it matter what is said ? It is always well put, and genial, and pleasant, and it is a great man who says it all, and when one dines with a magnate one is not in a harry to ask the brand of the pleasant wine. Now at Bradford, face to face with half opponents, and again among an admiring constituency, the Premier is always ready, always amusing, a lw ays prepare d w ith an unr i va ll e d b ut most happy a u d ac it y to t e ll f ree -t ra d ers h ow tho roughly he has abandoned his own plan of a fixed duty, to begin by complimenticg the electors of Tiverton on their independence, and end by pro nouncing an elope over Mr Heathcote! He will be just as happy in Radnorshire praising the late Sir Cornewall Lewis, could, we doubt not, if he tried, give an opinion on the " Astronomy of tho An cients," which everybody except the half dozen who understand the subject would accept as very ca pable criticism. - Wherever he goes, whatever his subject, he loaves behind him a pleasant impress sion, spreads around a feeling of liking, a sense of personal seinpithy and comprehension which is in England in quiet times the strongest bond of poli tical action. It is of no use to deny it, people are the readier to vote for Lord Palmerston after each of these utterances in the recess, and if the educated classes cannot understand why, that is just one more proof among many that the bright cheery old man who talks as well to boors as to members of Parliament, and snubs Radical butchers as effectu ally as he corrects eldest sons, understands England and Englishmen a great deal better than they. The why of that vast influence signifies no more than the wherefore of the social power which it CO closely resembles. It Is not the able man or the inventive, the wise man or the man of genius, who rules opinion in a club, but the man of ready sense and easy temper, whose judgment on the surface of things is usually sound and always within the comprehension of those he is trying to guide, whose experience saves him from being ever at a loss, and whose courage is certain to extricate him out of any conceivable predicament. Lord Palmerston is the Major Pendennis of the political world, as resourceful and as brave, as full of social skill, and we fear as wanting in higher aims than success, as his immortal prototype. In a club, however, it is Major Pendennis who triumphs, not Warrington, and England just now is a club, full of a population which has no wish to do anything in particular, but likes to hear and discuss and pass an opinion which is carefully restrained from developing into action. Upon such a community sentences like those which Lord Palmerston uttered at Tiverton, sentences full of strong though superficial sense, of fair though average morals, and of an intelligible though over • optimist policy, must of necessity fall pleasantly. The idea that the first use of a bishop is to smooth away acerbities and not allow convictions to become too markedly hostile to each other is just the club idea, and is accepted accordingly with entire acclaim. To pronounce the Belfast riots "political feuds" gets rid of a great many disagreeable necessities—such as the consideration of our religious system in Ire land—which is always pleasant when one asks chit chat rather than discussion, and is very sound sense besides. Lord Palmerston knows Ireland thoroughly —is perhaps the one man alive who if untrammelled by a Parliament could govern the island as Lord Chesterfield governed it, put down one rising by a bon mot and another by an exhibition of the haugh tiest administrative energy. The club thinks exactly like Lord Palmerston about the American quarrel, says that it does not like slavery (which the North is putting down), and does like political freedom (which the South has never supported except for white property-holders), but nevertheless sympa thises with the bias which Lord Palmerston avows for the South, and heartily agrees that intervention would have been a mistake. As to Denmark, the remarks that the Danes are " unfortunate," that Englishmen "sympathise" with them, that "ships sailing on the sea cannot stop armies on land," that " 30,000 men cannot beat 300,000," that in fact it was a shame, but interference in volved too much risk, were exactly the comments with which society put up with a disgrace which nevertheless it perceived. Lord Palmerston simply put into ordinary words the ordinary conviction of the mass of his ordinary hearez s, which is just what the intelligent club man always prefers to do, sure that even if he is wrong the prejudices of his audience will induce them to condone any little mistake. Then came a compliment to the country, which flatters itself that it does not want "to be cracked up," but likes to be "appreciated" never theless, and, mixed up with it, one of those sen tences in which Lord Palmerston sometimes sums up a case it would take an inferior man half an hour only to state :—" These things [subventions] are only done in countries where people are paralysed by despotic power, and where they require the vivi fying and electrical touch of the Government to rouse them to an exertion which is not their natural condition, nor their habitual practice. In this country every man is alive, every man knows best how to employ his capital, how to direct his genius, whatever it may be; all that the Government has to do is to leave things alone, to throw down bar riers and obstructions where barriers and obstruc tions are pressed, and to give that freedom to industry and activity to commerce by which alone the general welfare of the country can be advanced." It is old that, but then it is true, brief, and marvel lously complimentary, and to put statements so pleasant in so brief a form, yet leave them perfectly true, is the very art, and the highest art, of the man of conversation. The people of Tiverton were talked to on the highest political subjects as clever talkers talk on the chit-chat of the day, and natu rally and wisely enjoyed themselves as much as it they had been listening over wine and walnuts: THE "SATURDAY REVIEW" ON THE RAILWAY SYSTEM.—Everybody says, The Railways must have paid if they had not cost so plaguy dear. Well, what have they cost ? The authorised capital of all the railways in England, Scotland, and Ireland, up to December the 31st last, amounts to the trifling sum of £474,999,545 ; and of this little total es much as £404,215,802 has actually been paid up as capital, inclusive of debenture loans outatandiug at that date. That is to say, in less than thirty years, a sum very nearly equal to one-half of the National Debt has been in vested in earthworks, rails, rolling stock, and other constituent elements of the vast aggregate known as railway property. From the investment in railways we vow proceed to the profits of railways. What the interest of the National Debt is everybody knows ; how does the iron king pay its creditors ? What is the total amount of net profits available I f or distribution in the shape of interest on paid up capital—including ordinary stock or shares, with preference stock, loans, and debzntures ? After de ducting the outlay on-1. Maintenance of way and works; 2. Locomotive power; 3. Repairs and re. newels of carriages; 4. Traffic charges; 5. Ran s and taxer; 6. Goverment duty ; 7. Compensation for personal injuries; 8. Compensation for losses and damage of goods; 9. Legal expenses; 10. Miscel laneous—there remain of net profits on all the rail ways of Great Britain and Ireland, earned in the year 1863, £16,048,913. This, on an invested capia tal, as we have seen, of £404,215,802, is as nearly as possible 4 per cent. These profits are, of course, very unequally distributed. On one line, the West Cornwall, the dividend on the original capital is 4 per cent. On the High Peak lino it only reaches 2s 8d per cent.; while the Whitehaven line returns 13r, and the Aberdare 10 per cent. on ordi nary capital. Toe total annual receipts for 1803 on this capital of four hundred millions, being thirty one millions, and the net profits being sixteen millions, the total working expenditure is fifteen millions; or, in other words, the expenditure swal lows up 48 per cent. of the total receipts of the railway business of the country. It is useful to get the whole thing under this summary view, because it explains the general policy of railway manage ment. Shareholders have but one cry—" Diminish your working expenses, and our dividends will of course rise. We are the residuary legatees. On us rests the whole risk of the trade. Preference shares, loans, mortgages—all these things are a fixed quana tity ; our dividends vise or fall as the shop answers or not." The railway trade is like all other trades. It may be conducted on the bold principleof extended business, which means small profits on large returns; or it may be conducted safely and economically, on the principle of starving the plant and diminishing the working expens es . Th e f ormer was the favourite policy in other days, the latter seems to be now in the ascendant; for whilst, as we have seen, the working expenses in the year 1863 were in the proportion of 48 per cent, on the gross receipts, in the year 1862 they were 49 per cent. - Without a very minute investigation of the special heads of expenditure on which a saving has been effected, we can scarcely arrive a t an answer to t h e quest i on, which is of paramount importance to the public, Whether economy in management can be extended with a due regard to safety in travelling. The figures before us, however, will help us to an ap proximate solution of this vital question. And first, it must be borne in mind that the total mileage of 1863 is more than the mileage of 1862. But, while the absolute outlay under all the heads of working expenses within the last twelvemonths has from this cause increased, there are many heads of working expenses which, when examined with reference to the proportion they bear to the whole expenditure, will be found to have been diminished. A considerable saving hes been attained in legal, including parliamentary expenses. This, of course, arises from the comparative paucity of new lines and extensions, But, in other items also, the proportion of particular expenses to the whole work ing charges shows a diminution, or, in other words, points to parsimony in telanagement. And what is significant is the cost of compensation for personal injuries has arisen from £158,169 in 1862 to £179,569 in 1863, while some important charges for working expenses have fallen. The proportion of the cost of locomotive power in 1862 to the whole working expenses was 27 . 79 per cent. ; in 1863 it falls to 27.62. The proportion of miscellaneous expenses, including, we believe, servants, is for the two years 6.62 and 6 - 40. These figures, if they do not actually lead to the conclusion that economy in management has been purchased by increased danger to life and limb, seems to point to a suspi cion that way. On a mileage increased 400 miles within the twelvemonth there has been a saving of 1 per cent. on working expenses, but this is pur chased at the outlay of more than £21,000 worth of life and limb. The necessity of retrenching the working expenses l© now a matter of pecuniary life or death to the holders of the original capital stoeir. On the other hand, the necessity of prevent ing the starvation of railways by paring down wages and the working staff is a matter of personal life or death to travellers. It is a question, in short, be tween dividends and the public safety. We have seen that working expenses are decreasing. Are accidents increasing ? This is one question—and it is a question which is not very easy to answer, as a single fatal smash on a largo scale may excep tionally affect the annual rate of danger. And are railway accidents of the usual character to be at tributed to economical, that is, parsimonious work ing of the line ? This is a question of special im portance in the face of the fact of diminished work- ing expenses. The Parliamentary return will help us towards answering it. In 1862, 216 persons were killed and 600 injured, of whom 26 were pas sengers killed, t nd 536 pa:s4engers injured, from causes beyond their own control ; while in 1863 only 184 persons were killed and 470 injured, and of these 14 are returned as passengers killed, 400 as passengers injured, from causes be yond their own control. This certainly shows a diminution in fatal accidents, and may therefore be taken as a setoff against the increased amount of compensation money paid for injuries during the past year. For it must be remembered that many , of the accidents and collisions which caused the in juries that were paid for in 1863 must have taken place in 1862. The comparison, however, does not amount to much. Meanwhile it is a matter of some little curiosity to compare the relative safety of s ,me of the leading lines within the same period. We shall only trouble ourselves with what the com panies return as casualties beyond the passengers' own control—which is the railway euphemism for injuries caused by railway management. The North-Western " system," with 1,174 miles of line, and 17 millions of miles traversed by 19 million passengers, injured 69 passengers. The Great Western, with 1,148 miles of line, and 12 millions of miles traversed by 17 millions of passengers, injured 37 passengers, On neither of these great lines was there last year a single fatal accident to a pas senger. The Great Eastern killed 7; this was the Hunstanton, or great cow, accident. The Great Northern killed 1. The Brighton killed 3 ; this was the Streatham and Baihatn casualty. The South Western killed 1; and 2 were killed on Scotch lines. There is another test of the relative security of the various great lines, which has its interest, though of course it requires checking by the elements of length of line, miles travelled, and number of passengers; and, as it only applies to a single year, it would hardly justify any sweeping conclusion. The Great Eastern, with 695 miles open, raid £8,824 for compensation for personal injuries in 1863; the Great Northern, with 433 miles, must have paid (but the returns are muddled) more than £20,000; the Great Western with nearly 1,200 miles, paid only 1;2,1W ; the North - Western, with about the same mileage, paid £20,000; the South-Western, with 513 miles, paid less than £1,000; the Brighton,with 213 miles, paid £19,000; the South-Eastern, with 286 miles, paid £17,844. On an average of seven years, Captain Galton classes the chief railways as follows, as to the pro portion of killed or injured to the number of pas sengers conveyed:— North-Western Midland Eastern Counties South-Eastern North-Eastern .. South-Western Brighton Great Western Bristol and Exeter The general conclusion from these converging data seems to be in favour of the relative safety of the broad gauge. "THE LONDON REVIEW" ON THE ORGAN GRINDERS AND MR. BASS'S ACT.—Two or three cases have already occurred under Mr. Bass's Act for the better protection of the public against the persecution of organ-men. One of the latest of these was heard a few days ago at Marlborough street. The complainant was a Mr. Rew (rather an appropriate name) of the firm of Rew and Co., chemists, No. 282, name), it appears that Mr. Rew has a neat-door neighbour, a Mr. Sykes, who has for years engaged an Italian to come and play before his house every Friday evening, "at the time he pays his workpeopte." It is a droll idea, though suggestive of the possession by Mr. Sykes of a certain Platonical frame of mind and devotion to harmony in the relation between employers and employed. Montaigne's father used to wake his infant son every morning by the soft breathings of a flute, becouse he thought it disposed the mind to suavity and grace. For the like reason, Mr. Sykes may choose to set his weekly reckonings to music, and, for aught we know, may find his account in it, iu the absence of disagreeable disputes between him self and his workpeopte as to the relative claims of capital and labour. But to Mr. Row the strains of a barrel-organ appear anything but favourable to the concoction of prescriptions; and on the night in question he told the Italian to go away ; on his refusing to do which he gave him into cus tody. Thereupon the man rushed into the pas sage of sir. Sykes's house, and was ignominiously dragged from that retreat by two policemen, who locked him up. The result of the case, when brought before Mr. Knox, was that the Italian was fined twenty shillings; and, added the magistrate, " I shall recommend Mr. Sykes to pay the fine." This was certainly but fair, and we hope the lover of Friday night harmony took the hint. The Italian had clearly committed an illegal act ; but he had been led into doing so by Mr. Sykes, who was certainly bound to be better acquainted than this poor foreigner with the provisions of the new Act. Street music is often a great nuisance, and it is quite right that the public should have the power of restraining it under certain cir cumstances ; yet we cannot but observe that Mr. Babbage has set a certain fashion for being horrified at it, which is becoming one of the little affectations of the day. Everyone now seems to think it fine and intellectual to be distracted, and incapable of thought or work, if the wandering minstrels of the street strike up a note. A week or two ago, a gentleman, whose arrogance of temper not only caused him to give an organ-man into Custody illegally, but drew upon himself the reproof of the magistrate fir insolence, said he was disturbed by the objectionable playing that he could not collect his thoughts sufficiently to write a note to his landlord requesting setae r. 2., pairs. Mr new says he cannot make a prescrip tion if the sounds of music creep in his ears " Soft stillness and the night Become the touches of true 'pothecaries." The plain fact is, that Mr flew does not like street organs—a feeling in wiich many people agree with him ; and ho has every right to set the law in motion to prevent their being played in his vici- pity. }3ut why not bo content with this without making a parade about his inability to compound pills and potions unless the unpleasant sounds be hushed ? Mr Raw seems resolved to enter the lists as a formidable rival to Mr Babbage. In a letter; to the Daily News he makes the following grand suggestion, which he thinks will meet with " general accord :"—" Musicians of tested ability on the carp, violin, flute, concertina, and other ob- jectionableinstruments should be licanscd under police regulation, stations appointed to the crowded courts and alleys where they might play daily. A box set up at these stations to receive public con tributions would ensure ample support, and en courage native talent" (!) Who are ;.o teat the abilities of these musicians, and who are to judge what instruments are or are not "objectionable." does not appear. Perhaps the police band. Se. riously, however, if all this nonsense is to be en couraged, it will soon be found that Mr Bass's act is unworkable. The public undoubtedly re-,. quired protection in cares of real hardahip; but if we are to be overwhelmed by the outcries of weak nerves and fooAish heads, we are threatened with a fresh nuisance greater than the old. THE " LAW TIMES" ON MRS. YELVERTON.— Miss Longworth has brought an action in the Scotch courts against the Saturday Review for an alleged libel contained in an article of very questionable taste—to say the least of it—on the recent judgment of the House of Lords. To English readers, it will doubtless be a perplexity by what process a journal published in London can be "pursued" in Edin burgh. The subject is not new to our readers, for a few years ago the publisher of the Law gimes was subjected to the same infliction, only with far less cause, The complaint against him was a commen tary on Madelein Smith's case—remarks which were freely made by every newspaper in England, and which no English judge or jury would ever affirm to be libellous, but which it would have been im possible to have submitted to the alien prejudices of a Scottish jury. In vain we appealed to our con temporaries to unite in resistance to a power pos sessed by Scotland over Englishmen for which no equivalent is enjoyed by ourselves, and the exercise of which might at any moment threaten any one of them with indefinite oppression. They would not exert themselves even to denounce the wrong, and demand redress from Parliament. Now that the same blow has been inflicted upon "one of them selves, we may hope that the common danger may be discerned, and a common effort made to avert it. Thus it happened to our publisher. A letter from one of the news agents in Edinburgh informed him that he (the agent) had received notice of at , taehment for a judgment for £3,000 that had been obtained against the publisher in the Scotch courts. This was the first intimation that there had been a complaint, much less an action and a judgment. On inquiry it was found that, according to the law of Scotland any Scotchnuan may bring an action against any Englishman living inEngland by merely posting in the court a notice to the defendant to appear, without any personal notice whatever, and that if the defendant does not appear to the action, of the very existence of which he is wholly ignorant, jud.rmen: is pronounced aga i nst hi m b y d efau l t f or the fall amount of damages demanded, and upon that judgment the plaintiff can attach all debts due to the defendant from auy person in Scotland, or any property he may have there, or take his body in execution should he venture over the border. The —.---- - judgment obtained by this most iniquitous procedure can only be set aside by the defendant coming in and submitting himself tc, the jurisdiction and paying costs, in which case he is graciously permitted to go to trial with all the disadvantages of an alien tri bunal. In the instance of our publisher, the sum of which be was thus mulcted was upwards of £OO. And this is th e process to w hi c h the Saturday Recluo NIS been or will b e su bk e t e d, SErs'C Perhaps that judgment has been actually obtained without previous notice of action. At all events, our con temporary will be compelled to try a question in which feeling and prejudices are strongly enlisted, before a tribunal that will certainly have a decided leaning against the defendant. That which formerly happened to the publisher of Law Times, and now has been inflicted upon the Saturday Be ' very view, may be employed at any moment against any of the English journals, a single copy of which chances to cross the border. As soon as it comes to be known that such an engine for extortion exists, it can scarcely fail to be set in motion. This is a matter which directly touches the whole press of England, and for once the newspapers should throw aside their jealousies in the common danger, and nee the power they possess to e.ecure legislative tion against a palpable injustice. This may be do ne by an enactment that all actions for libel again stany registered journal or other publication shall be had only in that part of the United Kingdom in which the same shall be registered. protec tion WILLS AND BEQUESTS, The will of the Right Hon. Catherine Maunsell, of Wentworth House, Great Malvern, Worcester, was proved in London on the 27th ult., the exe cutors appointed being the Rev. R. H. Maunsell E y re, the eldest son, and Mr Richard Davies, the son-in law. Her ladyship married in 1808, and b ecome a widow in 1819. Under the will of her late father, the first Earl of List° wel, her ladyship had a p ower ~ of disposition and appointment over the sum of £7,500, which she has apportioned amongst her sons and daughters, leaving unto them also the pro• perty she held in her own right. To her daughter, Mary Grace Davies, she bequeaths the mansion and furniture of Wentworth House, and to her eldest son the head-rent and all other interest in and e ver Eyres Long Walk, Galway. The will of the Rev. Sir Thomas C. Miller, Ber t " LL.B., late vicar of Froyle, Southampton , vi es proved in London under £60,000 personalty , th e executors appointed being Lady Miller (the r elict) and Sir Charles H. Miller, Bart., the son. The tes : tator was the eldest son of the late Sir Th orne ' Miller, Bart., M.P., and had been the vicar of Froyle since 1803, of which living he was also patron, end died at the age of 83. He succeeded to the baronetel in 1816, married, in 1824, Martha, daughter of the Rev. John Holmes, who survives him. His Will bears the date of Dec. 5, 1856. He has bequeathed to his relict, beyond her provision under marriage settlement, a further annuity of £2OO, together with a legacy of £1,500. To each of his daughters be leaves a marriage portion or fortune of £6,000, and to each of his younger sons £B.OOO, appointing h ie eldest son, the present baronet, residuary legatee. The will of Major-Gen. Richard Hardinge, formerly residing at Norfolk-crescent, but late of Hyde Park-square, was proved in London on the 10th inst. by the executors and trustees, Mr Philip 0. Papillon, M.P., the nephew, and Lieut.-Col. Henry Hardinge (of the Rifle Brigade) and Capt. Edward Hardinge, R.N., the sons of the testator,. The personalty was sworn under £35,000. Tb iS gallant officer was attached to the Royal Artill,erY, and served with great distinction in the memorable battle of Waterloo. The will bears date 1860, an d there are two codicils executed in the present year. After making several specific and pecuniary be' quests to his family, including a sum of his relict, to whom he leaves his furniture , c arriages; &c., he bequeaths to her a life interest over the rest of his property, which upon her decease is to be divided amongst their children.—lllustrated London News. £7,00 0 to COUNTRY MARKETS• NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. A moderate show of wheat, which met a healthy sal!, and late prices were fully ls higher. Barley limited . In supply, and trade active, at late prices. Oats in m iddlinX supply, and met a tolerably fair sale, at rather over rho prices of last week. Beans scarce, and rather deare.rs. —White wheat, from:43B to 52s ; red wheat, 42s to 4a Barley—malting, 30s to 37s ; grinding, 28s to 295. Oat,, old, at 25s to 30s Od ; new, 23s to 255.: Beans sold at 403 to 44s per qr, ; new, 35s to 38s. Flour, fine, 29s to 31s ; super, 34s to 38s per 20 stone. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. A good deal of grain has been secured this week. The yield will bo under an average. The rain has done good. —Old white wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 41s to 44s per 365 t.; new white, 43s to 47s ; red, 40s to 43e. Malting barleY7 —s to —s per qr ; grinding, 27s to 30s ; oats, old, 23s t 3 265; now, 19s to24a; beans, 34s to 40s; peas, als_to 375. LE ICE ST ER-SATii RDAY. A moderate show of wheat, which sold slowly at higher rates. Barley scarce, and prices firm. Beans rather dearer• —Old white wheat, 41s to 50s; red, 44s to 48s per stone. New white, 44s to 48s per 36 stone. Malting barley, new, 32s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 29s to 31s; old oats, 23s to 295; new oats, 20s to 24s per 24 stone. Beane, old, 40s to 43s per 38 stone ; flour, 34s to 39s per 20 stone. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a limited supply of wheat, and both new and old qualities realised fully last week's prices. In barley, oats, beans, and peas little doing. White wheat. 45s to 463 Red wheat 41e to 421 Malting barley ... 35s to 36s 1 Chevalier barley 33s to 34s Distilling d 0..... 29s to 30s 1 Oats.. Flour, 28s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. YORK—SATURDAY. A meagre supply of wheat on offer from the farmers this morning, and the attendance was moderate. Business was more active, and the prices of last week advanced is per clr• Barley scarce, with a lair demand, and commanded full late rates. Scarcely any oats showing, with an active de mand, at rather more money. Beans in favour of sellers. Wheat, red 42s to 44s Oats.... ........ 208 to 245 White do .44s to 48s Beans ........... 35s to 381 Barley .28s to 30s Peas ......... to —a Malt, 58s to 60s per qr.; rye, 30 s to 348 per sack. per qr.; fl ou r, 32i DUBLIN—FRIDA Y. A rather thin attendance to-day. A fair show of new corn, in good condition, which sold at l ast week's price!. In foreign wheat nothing doing. Indian corn saleable in retail. Flour in better demand. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do,, black — 0 to 0 s . d. s. d. Oatmeal lO 0 to 13 0 Beans.. Bere - u Rapeseed Bakers' flour Indian corn Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DIIE. AuLtralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Sept. 1 8 . v , a Marseilles Sept. 1:1'• Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 'l• Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena, Aug. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Sept. 1 via Marseilles Aug,. 27, Falkland Islands .• Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Aug. 2 5 ' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, viz. Southampton Sept. 1 , via Marseilles Aug. 2 , • India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Aug- 25 ' via Mansoilles Portugal .. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 2 '• via Marseilles Aug. 27' Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug- 25' by U.S. packet... • r) 6. by Canadian packet. Aug. - All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 A u g. 2 9 . California. and British Columbia.. _.... Births. BARRATID.—On the 26th inst., at Croydon, the wit° o f Y.- P. Barraud,dauhter. CIAIIKE.—On the 28th inst., g at St. Margaret's, VV.- enft ham, S.W., Mrs. James N. Clarke, of a daughter. Fox.—On the 25 h inst., at Gloucester Villa, Regcl lt'&. park, the wife of J. E. Fox, Esq., of a son. JEAFFRESON.—On the 27th inst. , Mrs. Alfred Teaffreson, of a daughter. Se°l° ) PAGET.—O n th e 25th i ns t. , a t St us t o n Rect or y , the Hon, Mr s . Ed war d P age t, o the of a r , stillborn, Marriages BURGO7NE—WALKER.-0a the 25th inst., at St. James's, Westbourne-terrace, Captain BargoYne, R.N., ,Sce., only son of General Sir John Fou Bur . goyno . , Bart., to Evelyn "h2sth inst., at Crawley, Sussex, Laura, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Wok° Walker, Bart. Trinity n u ll, R ob e rt LEMON.—CA L it y w d e N r. .— ii o J . son of Mr. Frank Rumor, Cambridge, second to Betty, second daughter of Mr, Mark Lemon- Deaths. 8ARNA ,,,,....-On the 27th inst., at 48, Milner-square , iington, M Mary aud, youngest daughter of William T. B ar nard, Esq., barrister-at-law. I:llium—On the 26th inst., at his residonce, 15, Regent's park-terrace, Gloucester -bate, James Richard Esq , aged 51. CIIAUNDY.—On the 25th inst., at Kingston, Surrey, M r ' Richard Chaundy, aged 78. POPII , I3I,—O n the 22d inst., at Stourfield, Christchurch, Hants, Admiral Wm. Charnock Popham , eldest son of the late Admiral Sir Home Popham, K.C.B. and ILINLP aged 73. PEEvort.--On the 26th inst,, at Emsworth, Hants, J ohn Petvor, Esq., aged 7G. London : Printed and Prnished by WILLIAM ANDR",„' of No. 112, Strand, Print er , a t Tu E SUN Office Strand, in the Precinct of t h e :Savoy, , n the ef. - untY ° Aliddienz,—Monday, August 29, IS6i.